Method for controlling uplink transmission in a management device of lte-a network and the device thereof

ABSTRACT

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE or quadri-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, and the method for the former comprises the steps of: determining an uplink transmission scheme for the dual-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by high level signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control information corresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlink control information comprising a first indicating field, a second indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, when transmission block is disabled for the determined up-link transmission scheme, disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks is represented by a first combination of the value of the first indicating field and the second indicating field; and the disablement of the two transmission blocks is represented by a combination formed by the new-data indicating field for the first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for the second transmission block; transmitting the generated downlink control information to the dual-antenna UE.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to control for uplink transmission of UE(User Equipment), more particularly to a method for controlling uplinktransmission in a management device of LTE-A network and the devicethereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

To support the new features of UL SU-MIMO, non-contiguous resourceallocation (RA) and carrier aggregation (CA) in LTE-A Rel-10, ULtransmission mode needs to be determined and the downlink controlinformation format (DCI format) for UL grant needs to be designed, andcontrol signaling overhead and blind decoding complexity is particularlyinvolved therein.

In latest standardization meetings, in terms of the above threefeatures, consensus is agreed as follows:

1. DL/UL transmission mode can be configured independently.

2. about non-contiguous RA

-   -   Frequency hopping is not supported simultaneously with        non-contiguous PUSCH resource allocation;    -   Support dynamic switching between Rel-8 single cluster        transmission and Rel-10 multi-cluster PUSCH transmission;    -   No additional blind decodings to support non-contiguous UL RA in        single antenna transmission case    -   “No additional blind decodings to support non-contiguous UL RA”        also applies to SU-MIMO case if SU-MIMO is supported with        non-contiguous UL RA.

3. About CA

-   -   CIF is not included in DCI format 0, 1A in common search space        when CRC is scrambled by C-RNTI/SPS C-RNTI;    -   Cross carrier scheduling for DCI format 0, 1, 1A, 1B, 1D, 2, 2A,        2B in UE specific search space should be supported by explicit        CIF always, wherein DCI format 0 for UL grant, and other DCI        format for indicating the DCI format of control information used        when UE receiving downlink signal.

4. about UL SU-MIMO

-   -   At least two new Rel-10 UE-specific RRC-configured transmission        modes for PUSCH of UE with multiple Antenna Ports (AP):    -   Single-antenna port mode;        -   Multi-antenna port mode supporting up to 2 Transport Block            (TB), wherein, the number of antenna ports depends on the UE            capability;        -   FFS whether or not a third RRC-configured multi-antenna            transmission mode is needed.    -   For PUSCH, a dynamic switching between the configured        transmission scheme and a single-port fallback scheme with the        same DCI format for all RRC configured modes;    -   2NDI and 2A/N are needed for up to 2 TBs;    -   Reuse the CW(codeword)-to-layer mapping principle as in LTE        Rel-8 DL spatial multiplexing;    -   For 2-Tx, 3-bit precoding codebook(CB) is specified, wherein:        -   Size-6 CB for rank-1 precoding;        -   1 identity matrix for rank-2 (namely full-rank) precoding;    -   For 4-Tx, 6-bit precoding codebook is specified, wherein:        -   Size-24 CB for rank-1 precoding;        -   Size-16 CB for rank-2 precoding;        -   Size-12 CB for rank-3 precoding;        -   1 identity matrix for rank-4(namelyfull-rank)precoding;    -   Other related issues        -   Dynamic aperiodic SRS is supported;

CS separation is the primary multiplexing scheme of DM RS;

OCC separation between slots may be used as complementary multiplexingscheme of DMRS, where the OCC index is implicitly derived.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

At least one embodiment of the present invention originates fromrealizing of technical problem in the prior art, specifically, suchtechnical problems may directly impact DCI format design for UL grant,which is needed to be further designed and determined particularly:

-   -   Whether to support multiple clusters (more than 2);    -   Whether to support per-antenna/per-CW UL power control using        multiple TPC commands;    -   Whether to support dynamic CS configuration for multiple layers        via explicit signaling;    -   How to implement TB (transmission block) disabling function so        as to support dynamic rank adaptation.

In R1-102826, titled as “Transmission Modes and Signaling for UL MIMO”,there is provided a current DCI format of UL grant, as shown in Table 1.

In Table 1, the scenario of contiguous RA is taken as an example.

As for the above technical problem in the prior art, according to atleast one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a newuplink transmission mode and UL grant DCI format,

TABLE 1 DCI format for UL grants. The differences due to UL SU-MIMO arehighlighted, assume contiguous RA Format 4 Format 4A Format 0(multi-antenna (multi-antenna (single-antenna) up to 2TB) 1-layer) Field5 MHz 20 MHz 5 MHz 20 MHz 5 MHz 20 MHz Format flag 1 1  1  1  1  1Hopping flag 1 1  1  1  1  1 RB assignment: 9 13  9 13  9 13 MCS-RV forCW0 5 5  5  5  5  5 New Data Indicator for CW0 1 1  1  1  1  1 MCS-RVfor CW1 — —  5  5 — — New Data Indicator for CW1 — —  1  1 — — TB-to-CWswap flag — —  1  1 — — TPC 2 2  2  2  2  2 Cyclic shift for DMRS 3 3  3¹   3¹   3¹   3¹ CQI request 1 1  1  1  1  1 UL index (TDD only) 2 2 2  2  2  2 RNTI/CRC 16 16 16 16 16 16 Precoding information — — 3 (2Tx)or 3 (2Tx) or 3 (2Tx) or 3 (2Tx) or (TPMI + TRI) (2 or 4-Tx) 6 (4Tx) 6(4Tx) 5 (4Tx) 5 (4Tx)with aforesaid latest agreement taken into account, and size of the newDCI format is optimized. Advantageously, there is also provided atransmission block disabling scheme, such that dynamic rank adaptationand 1-CW retransmission are supported.

Correspondingly, according to configured uplink transmission mode, UEblindly detects and searches, in common search space and the UE-specificsearch space, downlink control information format corresponding to suchtransmission mode with a limited number, and conducts UL transmissionbased on the decoded downlink control information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided amethod of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control informationused for uplink transmission in a management device of enhanced LTEnetwork, comprising the steps of: determining an uplink transmissionscheme for the dual-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by highlevel signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplinktransmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlinkcontrol information comprising a first indicating field, a secondindicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmissionblock and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first combination of thevalues of the first indicating field and the second indicating field;and the disabled transmission block of the two transmission blocks isrepresented by a combination formed by the new-data indicating field forthe first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for thesecond transmission block; transmitting the generated downlink controlinformation to the dual-antenna UE.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-Anetwork, comprising the steps of: determining an uplink transmissionscheme for the multi-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by highlevel signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplinktransmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlinkcontrol information comprising a precoding matrix indicating field, andfurther comprising a new-data indicating field for a first transmissionblock and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;wherein, when transmission block is disabled for the determined uplinktransmission scheme, disablement of at least one of two transmissionblocks is represented by a first value of the precoding matrixindicating field; and the disabled transmission block of the twotransmission blocks is represented by a combination of the new-dataindicating field for the first transmission block and the new-dataindicating field for the second transmission block; the downlink controlinformation further comprises respective redundant version fields ofmodulation-coding modes of the two transmission blocks, wherein, theredundant version field of modulation-coding mode of the disabledtransmission block is utilized to represent the pre-coding matrixinformation of channel coding codeword which is mapped by thetransmission block without being disabled; transmitting the generateddownlink control information to the multi-antenna UE.

Furthermore, to support more denotation of precoding matrix, thedownlink control information further comprises a TB-codeword mappingindicating field, for representing, collaboratively with the redundantversion field of modulation-coding mode of the disabled transmissionblock, the pre-coding matrix information of channel coding codewordwhich is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-Anetwork, comprising the steps of: determining an uplink transmissionscheme for the dual-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by highlevel signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplinktransmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein,when the uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatialmultiplexing transmission with up to two codewords, the downlink controlinformation comprising: a Resource Block assignment and hoppinginformation field; a transmission block disabling indicating field; aTB-codeword mapping indicating field; a redundant version field ofmodulation-coding mode of every transmission block; a new-dataindicating field of every transmission block; a transmission powercontrol field; a cycle shift field for demodulation reference signalcorresponding to a first channel coding codeword; a CQI request field; aSRS request field; a CIF field; an UL index (TDD only) field; a CRCfield; transmitting the generated downlink control information to thedual-antenna UE.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-Anetwork, comprising the steps of: determining an uplink transmissionscheme for the multi-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by highlevel signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplinktransmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein,when the uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatialmultiplexing transmission with up to two codewords, the downlink controlinformation comprising: a Resource Block assignment and hoppinginformation field; a precoding matrix indicating field; a TB-codewordmapping indicating field; a redundant version field of modulation-codingmode of every transmission block; a new-data indicating field of everytransmission block; a transmission power control field; a field of cycleshift for demodulation reference signal corresponding to a first channelcoding codeword; a CQI request field; a SRS request field; a CIF field;an UL index (TDD only) field; a CRC field; transmitting the generateddownlink control information to the multi-antenna UE.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-Anetwork, comprising the steps of: determining an uplink transmissionscheme for the multi-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by highlevel signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplinktransmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein,when the uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatialmultiplexing transmission with single layer, the downlink controlinformation comprising: a Resource Block assignment and hoppinginformation field; a precoding matrix indicating field; a redundantversion field of modulation-coding mode of transmission block; anew-data indicating field of transmission block; a transmission powercontrol field; a field of cycle shift for demodulation reference signalcorresponding to a channel coding codeword; a CQI request field; a SRSrequest field; a CIF field; an UL index (TDD only) field; a CRC field;transmitting the generated downlink control information to themulti-antenna UE.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a method of controlling uplink transmission of a UE in amanagement device of LTE-A network, wherein, the method comprises thesteps of: predetermining three uplink transmission modes for the UE, thethree uplink transmission mode comprises a first uplink transmissionmode, a second uplink transmission mode and a third uplink transmissionmode, wherein: the first uplink transmission mode corresponds totransmission of single-antenna port; the second uplink transmission modecorresponds to transmission of single-antenna port or closed-loopspatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords; the thirduplink transmission mode corresponds to transmission of single-antennaport or closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with single layer;when the UE is a dual-antenna UE, the downlink control informationprovided for closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up totwo codewords to be conducted by the UE has a format as aforesaid; orwhen the UE is a multi-antenna UE other than dual-antenna UE, thedownlink control information provided for closed-loop spatialmultiplexing transmission with up to two codewords to be conducted bythe UE has a downlink control information format as aforesaid.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a first device of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlinkcontrol information used for uplink transmission in a management deviceof LTE-A network, comprising: a first unit for determining an uplinktransmission scheme for the dual-antenna UE; a second unit forsemi-statically configuring, by high level signaling, the uplinktransmission mode to which the uplink transmission scheme belongs; athird unit for generating downlink control information corresponding tothe determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlink controlinformation comprising a first indicating field, a second indicatingfield, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and anew-data indicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, whentransmission block disabling function is adopted in said determineduplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one of twotransmission blocks is represented by a first combination of the valuesof the first indicating field and the second indicating field; and thedisabled transmission block of the two transmission blocks isrepresented by a combination formed by the new-data indicating field forthe first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for thesecond transmission block; a first transmitting device for transmittingthe generated downlink control information to the dual-antenna UE.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a second device of providing, for a quadri-antenna UE, downlinkcontrol information used for uplink transmission in a management deviceof LTE-A network, comprising: a fourth unit for determining an uplinktransmission scheme for the quadri-antenna UE; a fifth unit forsemi-statically configuring, by high level signaling, the uplinktransmission mode to which the uplink transmission scheme belongs; asixth unit for generating downlink control information corresponding tothe determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlink controlinformation comprising a precoding matrix indicating field, and furthercomprising a new-data indicating field for a first transmission blockand a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in saiddetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first value of the precodingmatrix indicating field; and the disabled transmission block of the twotransmission blocks is represented by a combination of the new-dataindicating field for the first transmission block and the new-dataindicating field for the second transmission block; the downlink controlinformation further comprises respective redundant version fields ofmodulation-coding modes of the two transmission blocks, wherein, theredundant version field of modulation-coding mode of the disabledtransmission block represents the pre-coding matrix of channel codingcodeword which is mapped by the transmission block without beingdisabled; a second transmitting device for transmitting the generateddownlink control information to the multi-antenna UE.

Moreover, to support more types of denotation of precoding matrix, thedownlink control information further comprises a TB-codeword mappingindicating field, for representing, collaboratively with the redundantversion field of modulation-coding mode of the disabled transmissionblock, the pre-coding matrix information of channel coding codewordwhich is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled.

As compared with the prior art, according to embodiments of the presentinvention, there is provided uplink transmission mode and downlinkcontrol information format for uplink grant, for dual-antenna andquadri-antenna UE and the scenario with more antennas, wherein,signalling overhead and blind decoding complexity is effectivelycontrolled. Additionally, transmission block disabling and one-codewordretransmission scheme is effectively implemented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will becomemore obvious by reading the following description of non-limitingembodiments with the aid of appended drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates one typical application scenario for the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a flowchart of a method of providing, for adual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplinktransmission in a management device of enhanced LTE network according toone embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of a method of providing, for amulti-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplinktransmission in a management device of enhanced LTE network according toone embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates a function block diagram of a first device ofproviding, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of enhanced LTE networkaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates a function block diagram of a second device ofproviding, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of enhanced LTE networkaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

Wherein, same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similardevice(module) or step of method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

At least one embodiment of the method and device of present invention asshown in figures would be recited hereafter. It should be appreciatedthat, such embodiments are set forth by explanation of every aspect ofthe present invention, rather than being interpreted as a limitation tothe present invention. For instance, portions of feature represented orrecited as one embodiment may be used in another embodiment, therebyrendering another embodiment. The present invention covers suchembodiments and various variations falling within the scope and spiritof the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a one application scenario for at least one the embodimentof the present invention, wherein, there is shown a management device11, for example an eNodeB referred to as base station 11 hereinafter, inLTE-A network is shown, additionally, two UEs are briefly illustrated,wherein UE 12 employs two antennas, referred to be as dual-antenna UE,UE 13 employs four antennas, referred to be as quadri-antenna UE. Withreference to the description for UE 12, 13 hereinafter, those skilled inthe art may apply the present invention to other UE and managementdevice not shown in the figure. Explanation for method, device of thoseembodiments according to the present invention will be made with everyNetwork Element shown in FIG. 1 centered around.

With reference to FIG. 2, a flowchart of a method of providing, for adual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplinktransmission in a management device of enhanced LTE network according toone embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In step S200,Base station 11 determines three uplink transmission schemes fordual-antenna UE, as shown specifically in Table 2.

UL transmission mode 1 (UL TM1) is configured for single-antenna portscheme with contiguous or non-contiguous RA, where only one type of DCIformat, namely DCI format 0 is included. If DCI format 0 has not CIF, itcould be allocated in common search space; otherwise, it is allocated inUE-specific search space.

TABLE 2 PDCCH and PUSCH for 2-Tx configured by C-RNTI UL TransmissionTransmission scheme of PUSCH mode DCI format Search Space correspondingto PDCCH UL Mode 1 DCI format 0 Common and Single-antenna portwithout/with CIF, UE specific by C-RNTI contiguous or non-contiguous RAUL Mode 2 DCI format 0 Common and Single-antenna port without/with CIF,UE specific by C-RNTI contiguous or non-contiguous RA DCI format 0D UEspecific by C-RNTI Closed-loop spatial multiplexing with up to two CWsand CIF, contiguous or non-contiguous RA UL Mode 3 DCI format 0 Commonand Single-antenna port without/with CIF, UE specific by C-RNTIcontiguous or non-contiguous RA DCI format 0B Common and Closed-loopspatial multiplexing with UE specific by C-RNTI single layer and CIF,contiguous or non-contiguous RA

Wherein, after determining the corresponding uplink transmission schemesin step S201, in step S202, semi-statically configure, by high levelsignaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmissionscheme belongs, and in step S203, the downlink control informationgenerated for single-port transmission to be performed by dual-antennaUE 12 has a format of downlink control information with a numbering of0; yet if dual-antenna UE 12 is due to conduct a closed-loop spatialmultiplexing transmission with up to two codewords, then the format ofdownlink control information (marked as DCI format 0D) generated in stepS203, may be as Tale 3:

TABLE 3 Message Contents of DCI Format 0D for 2-Tx and DCI Format 0C for4-Tx DCI Format 0D for 2-Tx DCI Format 0C for 4-Tx Number of bits Numberof bits Contents 2-TB 1-TB enabled 2-TB 1-TB enabled UL/DL format 0 or 10 or 1 0 or 1 0 or 1 differential flag RB assignment and N_(RA) N_(RA)N_(RA) N_(RA) hopping information TBDI 1 (TBDI = 1) 1 (TBDI = 0) — — orFFS or FFS TB to CW swap flag 1 1 1 1 MCS and RV for 1^(st) TB 5 5 3:PMI 5 5 5: PMI reserved NDI for 1^(st) TB 1 1 1 1 MCS and RV for 2^(nd)TB 5 3: PMI 5 5 5: PMI 5 reserved NDI for 2^(nd) TB 1 1 1 1 PMI — — 5 or6 5 or 6 TPC 2 2 2 2 Primary CS for CW0 3 3 3 3 Secondary CS for CW1 3or FFS reserved 3 or FFS reserved UL index (TDD only) 2 2 2 2 CQIrequest 1 1 1 1 SRS request 1 1 1 1 CIF 3 3 3 3 CRC 16 16 16 16 TotalSize (N_(RA) + 44) for FDD (N_(RA) + 48 or 49) for FDD

As shown in Table 3, DCI format 0D comprises first indicating field andsecond indicating field, which specifically may be implementedrespectively by transmission block disabling indicating field andTB-codeword mapping indicating field, and further comprises a firsttransmission block, for example new-data indicating field for CW0 and asecond transmission block, for example the new-data indicating field forCW1.

Wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first combination of thevalues of the transmission block disabling indicating field and theTB-codeword mapping indicating field; and the disabled transmissionblock of the two transmission blocks is represented by a combinationformed by the new-data indicating field for the first transmission blockand the new-data indicating field for the second transmission block.

Still as shown in Table 3, when one-codeword retransmission is used inthe determined uplink transmission scheme, the one-codewordretransmission, of one transmission block of the both transmissionblocks transmitted last time, is represented by a second combinationformed by the values of the transmission block disabling indicatingfield and the TB-codeword mapping indicating field, and the transmissionblock, for the one-codeword retransmission, of the both transmissionblocks is represented by the combination formed by the new-dataindicating field for a first transmission block and the new-dataindicating field for a second transmission block.

Moreover, as shown in Table 3, DCI format 0D further comprises therespective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of the twotransmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version ofmodulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than thetransmission block for the one-codeword retransmission, of the twotransmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrixindicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by thetransmission block for the one-codeword retransmission, so as to replaceprecoding matrix indicating field. In other word, in DCI format 0D, PMIfield may be unnecessary.

In step S204, generated downlink control information would betransmitted to dual-antenna UE 12.

With reference to FIG. 3, there is illustrated a flowchart of a methodof providing, for a quadri-antenna UE, downlink control information usedfor uplink transmission in a management device of enhanced LTE networkaccording to one embodiment of the present invention. First, in stepS300, three uplink transmission modes are predetermined, which arerespectively: a first uplink transmission mode, a second uplinktransmission mode and a third uplink transmission mode, as shown inTable 4:

TABLE 4 PDCCH and PUSCH for 4-Tx configured by C-RNTI UL TransmissionTransmission scheme of PUSCH mode DCI format Search Space correspondingto PDCCH UL Mode 1 DCI format 0 Common and Single-antenna portwithout/with CIF, UE specific by C-RNTI contiguous or non-contiguous RAUL Mode 2 DCI format 0 Common and Single-antenna port without/with CIF,UE specific by C-RNTI contiguous or non-contiguous RA DCI format 0C UEspecific by C-RNTI Closed-loop spatial multiplexing with up to two CWsand CIF, contiguous or non-contiguous RA UL Mode 3 DCI format 0 Commonand Single-antenna port without/with CIF, UE specific by C-RNTIcontiguous or non-contiguous RA DCI format 0B Common and Closed-loopspatial multiplexing with UE specific by C-RNTI single-layer and CIF,contiguous or non-contiguous RA

Wherein, in Table 4, the first uplink transmission mode corresponds totransmission of single-antenna port. The second uplink transmission modecorresponds to transmission of single-antenna port or closed-loopspatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords. The thirduplink transmission mode corresponds to transmission of single-antennaport or closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with single layer.

Wherein, after determining a corresponding transmission scheme in stepS301, in step S302, semi-statically configures, by high level signaling,the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmission schemebelongs. Subsequently, in step S303, the downlink control informationgenerated for single-port transmission to be performed by multi-antennaUE, for example quadri-antenna UE 13, has a format of downlink controlinformation with a numbering of 0; yet if quadri-antenna UE 13 is due toconduct a closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to twocodewords, then the format of downlink control information generated instep S303 will be as shown in Table 3.

Wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first value, for example thevalue of 30 in binary form, of the precoding matrix indicating field;and the disabled transmission block of the two transmission blocks isrepresented by a combination of the new-data indicating field for thefirst transmission block and the new-data indicating field for thesecond transmission block.

The downlink control information, in the form of DCI format 0C, furthercomprises a TB-codeword mapping indicating field and respectiveredundant version fields of modulation-coding modes of the twotransmission blocks, wherein, the redundant version field ofmodulation-coding mode of the disabled transmission block and theTB-codeword mapping indicating field are utilized to collaborativelyrepresent the pre-coding matrix information of channel coding codewordwhich is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled.

When one-codeword retransmission is used in the determined uplinktransmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of onetransmission block of the both transmission blocks transmitted lasttime, is represented by a second value, for example the value of 31 inbinary form, of the precoding matrix indicating field; and thetransmission block, with the one-codeword retransmission conductedthereon, of the both transmission blocks transmitted last time isrepresented by the combination formed by the new-data indicating fieldfor a first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for asecond transmission block.

Wherein, the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of thetransmission block, without the one-codeword retransmission conducted,and the TB-codeword mapping indicating field collaboratively representthe pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which is mapped by thetransmission block for the one-codeword retransmission.

In step S304, the generated downlink control information is transmittedto the quadri-antenna UE.

The optimized DCI format 0D and 0C, with different size, is designed forcase of two antennas and 4 antennas, with dynamic rank adaptation and1-CW retransmission supported. Different from downlink transmission,antennas configuration of quadri-antenna UE and dual-antenna UE ofuplink transmission has a high dependency of capability of UE. For 2-Tx,the precoding of 2-CW transmission is an identity matrix due to itsfull-rank transmission. As a result, the PMI field is unnecessary forDCI format 0D. While for 4-Tx, the precoding of 2-CW transmission maynot be full-rank so that 5 to 6 bits PMI are needed. As detailed inSection 3, there are at least 4-bit payload difference between DCIformat 0C and 0D.

As abovementioned, according to one embodiment of the present invention,separate DCI formats with different sizes may be specified for 2-Tx and4-Tx antenna UE, for example, the aforesaid DCI format 0D and DCI format0C.

In UL transmission mode 3 (UL TM3), DCI format 0B is configured formultiple-antenna ports with single-layer transmission, which could beapplicable for UL MU-MIMO and beamforming. Since DCI format 0B needs toindicate the information for one TB only, then for 2-Tx there are atleast 5-bit payload difference between DCI format 0B and 0D while 7-bitdifference in payload between DCI format 0B and 0C.

According to one preferable embodiment of the present invention, anadditional RRC-configured UL transmission mode for single-layertransmission scheme is specified, i.e., UL TM3 in table 2-3.

Since DCI format 0 is configured for all these three transmission modes,dynamic fallback to single-antenna port scheme is supported.

Hereinafter, further description will be made for the above various ULDCI formats. Wherein, several agreements mentioned in the background arealso taken into account. And following description aims partially atevery field in the DCI format.

RB(Resource Block) Assignment and Hopping Information

The hopping flag in DCI format 0 could be used for RB assignment in caseof non-contiguous RA. Although the number of clusters is still open, thefollowing two options could be provided alternatively:

Scheme 1: 2 clusters (with UL DCI format aligned with DCI format 0)

Scheme 2: Number of clusters not limited by the signalling (with UL DCIformat aligned with configured DL DCI formats)

According to one embodiment of the present invention, for the abovescheme 1, UL DCI format RA field is aligned with DCI format 0 in termsof RA. Accordingly, the number of bits in this RA field could be givenby

N _(RA)=log₂(N _(RB) ^(UL)(N _(RB) ^(UL)+1)/2)+1  (1)

UL Per-Antenna/Per-CW Power Control

According to one preferable embodiment of the present invention, by anextension of Rel-8 UL power control to the case of UL multiple-antennaports without impacts on the existing single TPC command, thereby, thecontrol signalling overhead is reduced as more as possible.

CS Configuration for Multiple Layers

Although CS separation is the primary multiplexing scheme of DM RS,wherein the CS configuration could be predefined, or semi-staticindicated by RRC signaling or dynamically indicated. If it is agreedthat PHICH resources for CW0 and CW1 of UL MIND are identified by theassociated CS index values, dynamic configuration of CS for multiplelayers is a little preferred with better performance from the viewpointof avoiding PHICH resource collision.

Some Dedicated Definitions about DCI Format 0D

1. Necessity of PMI Field

As specified in TS36.211 [4] for LTE Rel-8 DL spatial multiplexing, thecase of a single CW mapped to two layers is only applicable when thenumber of antenna ports is 4. The same CW-to-layer mapping principle isreused for LTE-A Rel-10 UL spatial multiplexing. For 2-Tx, full-ranktransmission with two layers is only mapped from two CWs. Consideringthat the precoding of full-rank transmission is an identity matrix asdescribed in TR36.814, the PMI field in DCI format 0D for up to 2-TB isunnecessary.

2. TB Disabling Indication

To support dynamic rank adaptation, new DCI formats for up to 2-TB haveto support the scheduling of 1-TB enabled. Unlike in the LTE Rel-8 DL,UL MCS and RV are jointly signaled in LTE-A Rel-10, so that transmissionblock disabling can not be indicated by a special combination of MCS=0and RV=1 as in Rel-8 DL grant. Consequently, according to one embodimentof the present invention, an additional bit is introduced for indicationof such content, which may be named as a first indicating field andoften occupy 1 bit. In addition, for the transmission or retransmissionwith only one TB, the enabled TB could be always mapped to the firstcodeword, for example CW0, which is as like as the case in LTE Rel-8 DL.According to one embodiment of the present invention, the TB-to-CW swapflag (Swap) could be used to differentiate TB disabling and 1-CWretransmission functions. For example, for the case of adoption of theTB disabling function, DCL format 0D could be designed based on thefollowing:

If TBDI=0 and Swap=0, at least one of the two TBs is disabled. Moreover,the NDI for respective TB could be used to indicate the disabledtransmission block is disabled. E.g.:

-   -   (1) If the new-data indicating field (NDI1) of the first        transmission block equals 1, the new-data indicating field        (NDI2) of the second transmission block equal 0, it is denoted        that TB1 is enabled and TB2 is disabled;    -   (2) NDI1=0 and NDI2=1 denotes TB1 is disabled and TB2 is        enabled;    -   (3) NDI1=0, NDI2=0 and CQI request=1/SRS request=1 denotes both        TBs are disabled while aperiodic CQI and/or aperiodic SRS are        transmitted.

Wherein, the enabled TB is always mapped to CW0, Then 3-bit out of theMCS and RV field corresponding to the disabled TB could be used toindicate the precoding matrix of enabled TB, so as to functionallyreplace precoding matrix indicating field of the enabled transmissionblock, and the remaining 2 bits may be reserved.

3. 1-CW Retransmission

If TBDI=0 and Swap=1, one of the two TBs, transmitted last time, is tobe retransmitted and the other TB is terminated.

Furthermore, the NDI for respective TB could be used to indicate whichTB is due to conduct the 1-codeword retransmission, i.e.,

(1) NDI1=0 and NDI2=1 denotes only TB1 is to be retransmitted;

(2) NDI1=1 and NDI2=0 denotes only TB2 is to be retransmitted; wherein,the transmission block for 1-codeword retransmission is always mapped toCW0, then 3-bit out of the MCS and RV field corresponding to theterminated TB could be used to indicate the precoding matrix of thetransmission block for 1-codeword retransmission and the remaining 2bits are reserved.

Some Dedicated Definition about DCI Format 0C

1. PMI Field

For spatial multiplexing with 2-TB, the transmission ranks is not lessthan 2. The total number of precoding matrices for rank-2, rank-3 andrank-4 is 29. Therefore, 5-bit PMI is sufficient for representation of2-TB transmission. However, 6-bit PMI field could be also defined topotentially support possible new codebook

2. TB (Transmission Block) Disabling Indication

Even in the case of using 5-bit PMI field, there are 3 redundant indicesfor reservation. So, one reserved index could be used to represent theactive TB disabling function with another one reserved index denotingadoption of 1-CW retransmission function. For example:

If PMI index, IPMI=30, then at least one of the two TBs is disabled.

The NDI for respective TB could be used to further indicate itscorresponding TB is disabled. E.g.,

-   -   (1) NDI1=1 and NDI2=0 denotes TB1 is enabled and TB2 is        disabled;    -   (2) NDI1=0 and NDI2=1 denotes TB1 is disabled and TB2 is        enabled;    -   (3) NDI1=0, NDI2=0 and CQI request=1/SRS request=1 denotes both        TBs are disabled while aperiodic CQI and/or aperiodic SRS are        transmitted

Wherein, the enabled TB(s) is always mapped to CW0.

Other meaning, different from precoding matrix, may be represented ifvalue of PMI field is set, for example to be 30, 31. Therefore, thecombination of 1-bit TB-to-CW mapping indication and 5-bit MCS and RVfield corresponding to the disabled TB could be used to indicate theprecoding matrix of the enabled transmission block, which may indicateup to 64 precoding matrixes.

3. 1-CW Retransmission Indication

For example, if PMI index, IPMI=31 (in binary mode), one of the two TBs,transmitted last time, is to be retransmitted. The NDI for respective TBcould be further used to indicate the TB due to conduct the 1-CWretransmission, i.e.,

-   -   (1) NDI1=0 and NDI2=1 denotes only TB1 is to be retransmitted;    -   (2) NDI1=1 and NDI2=0 denotes only TB2 is to be retransmitted;

wherein, the transmission block for 1-CW retransmission is always mappedto CW0. Other meaning, different from precoding matrix, may berepresented if value of PMI field is set, for example to be 30, 31.Therefore, the combination of 1-bit TB-to-CW mapping indicating fieldand 5-bit MCS and RV field of TB without 1-CW retransmission loadedcould be used to indicate the precoding matrix of the enabledtransmission block for 1-CW codeword retransmission, which may indicateup to 64 precoding matrixes.

Some Dedicated Definition about DCI Format 0B

DCI format 0B may be designed for 2-antenna and 4-antenna UE and ofwhich the content is as shown in Table 5, and different from DCI format0D and 0C, the fields for TB-to-CW swap, MCS and RV, as well as CS fieldof DM RS for second CW are may be omitted in DCI format 0B. Since thereare 6 precoding vectors for single-layer transmission for 2-Tx and 24precoding vectors for 4-Tx, the PMI field may be designed to have 3-bitfor 2-Tx and 5-bit for 4-Tx, respectively.

TABLE 5 content for DCI format 0B Number of bits Contents 2-Tx 4-TxUL/DL format differential 0 or 1 0 or 1 flag RB assignment and N_(RA)N_(RA) hopping information MCS and RV 5 5 NDI 1 1 PMI 3 5 TPC 2 2 CS forDMRS 3 3 UL index (TDD only) 2 2 CQI request 1 1 SRS request 1 1 CIF 3 3CRC 16  16  Total Size (N_(RA) + 36) for FDD (N_(RA) + 38) for FDD

With Reference to FIG. 4, wherein there is illustrated a function blockdiagram of a first device 4 of providing, for a dual-antenna UE,downlink control information used for uplink transmission in amanagement device of enhanced LTE network, the first device 4 istypically located in base station 11 shown in FIG. 1, and comprises:

a first unit 41 for determining an uplink transmission scheme for thedual-antenna UE, which corresponds to Step S201 as shown in FIG. 2;

a second unit 42 for semi-statically configuring, by high levelsignaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmissionscheme belongs, which corresponds to Step S202 as shown in FIG. 2;

a third unit 43 for generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlinkcontrol information comprising a first indicating field, a secondindicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmissionblock and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block,which corresponds to Step S203 as shown in FIG. 2;

Wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first combination of thevalues of the first indicating field and the second indicating field;and the disabled transmission block of the two transmission blocks isrepresented by a combination formed by the new-data indicating field forthe first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for thesecond transmission block;

a first transmitting device 44 for transmitting the generated downlinkcontrol information to the dual-antenna UE, which corresponds to StepS204 as shown in FIG. 2.

Moreover, the downlink control information further comprises respectiveredundant versions of modulation-coding modes of the two transmissionblocks; when a transmission block is disabled in the determined uplinktransmission scheme, at least part of the redundant version formodulation-coding mode of the disabled transmission block is utilized torepresent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel codingcodeword which is mapped by the transmission block without beingdisabled, so as to replace precoding matrix indicating field; or,

When one-codeword retransmission is used in the determined uplinktransmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of onetransmission block of the both transmission blocks transmitted lasttime, is represented by a second combination formed by the values of thefirst indicating field and the second indicating field, and thetransmission block, for the one-codeword retransmission, of the bothtransmission blocks is represented by the combination formed by thenew-data indicating field for a first transmission block and thenew-data indicating field for a second transmission block.

And still furthermore, the downlink control information furthercomprises respective redundant versions for modulation-coding modes ofthe two transmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version formodulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than thetransmission block for the one-codeword retransmission, of the twotransmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrixindicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by thetransmission block for the one-codeword retransmission, so as to replaceprecoding matrix indicating field.

With reference to FIG. 5, wherein there is illustrated a function blockdiagram of a second device 5 of providing, for a quadri-antenna UE,downlink control information used for uplink transmission in amanagement device of enhanced LTE network, the second device 5 istypically located in base station 11, and comprises:

a fourth unit 51 for determining an uplink transmission scheme for thequadri-antenna UE which corresponds to Step S301 as shown in FIG. 3;

a fifth unit 52 for semi-statically configuring, by high levelsignaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmissionscheme belongs, which corresponds to Step S302 as shown in FIG. 3;

a sixth unit 53 for generating downlink control informationcorresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlinkcontrol information comprising a precoding matrix indicating field, andfurther comprising a new-data indicating field for a first transmissionblock and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block,which corresponds to Step S303 as shown in FIG. 3;

Wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one oftwo transmission blocks is represented by a first value, for example 30in binary form, of the precoding matrix indicating field; and thedisabled transmission block of the two transmission blocks isrepresented by a combination of the new-data indicating field for thefirst transmission block and the new-data indicating field for thesecond transmission block;

the downlink control information further comprises a TB-codeword mappingindicating field and respective redundant version fields ofmodulation-coding modes of the two transmission blocks, wherein, theTB-codeword mapping indicating field and the redundant version field ofmodulation-coding mode of the disabled transmission blockcollaboratively represent the pre-coding matrix of channel codingcodeword which is mapped by the transmission block without beingdisabled;

a second transmitting device 54 for transmitting the generated downlinkcontrol information to the multi-antenna UE, which corresponds to StepS304 as shown in FIG. 3.

Moreover, when one-codeword retransmission is used in the determineduplink transmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of onetransmission block of the both transmission blocks, is represented by asecond value, for example 31 in binary form, of the precoding matrixindicating field; and the transmission block, with the one-codewordretransmission conducted thereon, of the both transmission blocks isrepresented by the combination formed by the new-data indicating fieldfor a first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for asecond transmission block;

wherein, the TB-codeword mapping indicating field and the redundantversion field of modulation-coding mode of the transmission block,without the one-codeword retransmission conducted, collaborativelyrepresent the pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which ismapped by the transmission block for the one-codeword retransmission.

For those skilled in the art, it is apparent that the present inventionis not limited to the details of above exemplary embodiments, and thepresent invention may be carried out in other specific form withoutdeparting from the basic feature or spirit of the pre sent invention.Therefore, anyway, the embodiments should be deemed to be exemplary andnon-limited, the scope of the present invention is defined by appendedclaims instead of the above description, thereby with the intention thatall the variations falling within the meaning and scope of theequivalent of claims are construed to be within the coverage of thepresent invention. None of the Figure numbers in the claims should bedeemed as a limitation to the relevant claim(s). Additionally,apparently, the word of “comprise” does not exclude the existence ofother unit, and the case of singular number does not exclude the case ofplural number. Such word as ‘a first’, ‘a second’, is merely used forrepresenting a name, instead of particular order.

1. A method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-Anetwork, the method comprising: generating downlink control informationcomprising a first indicating field, a second indicating field, anew-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-dataindicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, whentransmission block disabling function is adopted in said determineduplink transmission scheme, a first combination formed by the values ofsaid first indicating field and said second indicating field is used torepresent disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks; and acombination formed by said new-data indicating field for said firsttransmission block and said new-data indicating field for said secondtransmission block is used to represent the disabled transmission blockof said two transmission blocks; transmitting said generated downlinkcontrol information to said dual-antenna UE.
 2. The method according toclaim 1, wherein, said downlink control information further comprisesrespective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said twotransmission blocks; when a transmission block is disabled in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, at least part of the redundantversion of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block isutilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information ofchannel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission blockwithout being disabled, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicatingfield.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when one-codewordretransmission is used in a determined uplink transmission scheme, asecond combination formed by the values of said first indicating fieldand said second indicating field is used to represent the one-codewordretransmission of one transmission block of the two transmission blockstransmitted last time, and the combination formed by said new-dataindicating field for said first transmission block and said new-dataindicating field for said second transmission block is used to representthe transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conductedthereon, of said two transmission blocks.
 4. The method according toclaim 3, wherein, said downlink control information further comprisesrespective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said twotransmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version ofmodulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than saidtransmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, ofsaid two transmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrixindicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped bysaid transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted,so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field.
 5. A method ofproviding, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the methodcomprising: generating downlink control information comprising aprecoding matrix indicating field, and further comprising a new-dataindicating field for a first transmission block and a new-dataindicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, whentransmission block disabling function is adopted in said determineduplink transmission scheme, a first value of said precoding matrixindicating field is used to represent disablement of at least one of twotransmission blocks; and a combination of said new-data indicating fieldfor said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field forsaid second transmission block is used to represent the disabledtransmission block of said two transmission blocks; said downlinkcontrol information further comprises respective redundant versionfields of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks,wherein, the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of saiddisabled transmission block is utilized to represent the pre-codingmatrix information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by thetransmission block without being disabled; transmitting said generateddownlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 5, wherein, when one-codeword retransmission is usedin said a determined uplink transmission scheme, a second value of saidprecoding matrix indicating field is used to represent the one-codewordretransmission of one transmission block of the two transmission blockstransmitted last time; and the combination formed by said new-dataindicating field for said first transmission block and said new-dataindicating field for said second transmission block is used to representthe transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conductedthereon, of said two transmission blocks; wherein, the redundant versionfield of modulation-coding mode of said transmission block, without saidone-codeword retransmission conducted, represents the pre-coding matrixof channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission blockwith said one-codeword retransmission conducted.
 7. A method ofproviding, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the methodcomprising: generating downlink control information corresponding to adetermined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplinktransmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexingtransmission with up to two codewords, said downlink control informationcomprises: a resource block assignment and hopping information field; atransmission block disabling indicating field; a TB-codeword mappingindicating field; a redundant version field of modulation-coding mode ofevery transmission block; a new-data indicating field of everytransmission block; a transmission power control field; a cycle shiftfield for demodulation reference signal corresponding to a first channelcoding codeword; a CQI request field; a SRS request field; a CIF field;an UL index field for TDD only; a CRC field; transmitting said generateddownlink control information to said dual-antenna UE.
 8. A method ofproviding, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the methodcomprising: generating downlink control information corresponding to adetermined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplinktransmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexingtransmission with up to two codewords, said downlink control informationcomprises: a resource block assignment and hopping information field; aprecoding matrix indicating field; a TB-codeword mapping indicatingfield; a redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of everytransmission block; a new-data indicating field of every transmissionblock; a transmission power control field; a cycle shift field fordemodulation reference signal corresponding to a first channel codingcodeword; a CQI request field; a SRS request field; a CIF field; an ULindex field for TDD only; a CRC field; transmitting said generateddownlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.
 9. A method ofproviding, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used foruplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the methodcomprising: generating downlink control information corresponding to adetermined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplinktransmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexingtransmission with single layer, said downlink control informationcomprises: a resource block assignment and hopping information field; aprecoding matrix indicating field; a redundant version field ofmodulation-coding mode of every transmission block; a new-dataindicating field of every transmission block; a transmission powercontrol field; a cycle shift field for demodulation reference signalcorresponding to a channel coding codeword; a CQI request field; a SRSrequest field; a CIF field; an UL index field for TDD only; a CRC field;transmitting said generated downlink control information to saidmulti-antenna UE.
 10. A method of controlling uplink transmission of aUE in a management device of LTE-A network, wherein, said methodcomprises: predetermining three uplink transmission modes for said UE,said three uplink transmission mode comprising a first uplinktransmission mode, a second uplink transmission mode and a third uplinktransmission mode, wherein: said first uplink transmission modecorresponds to single-antenna port transmission; said second uplinktransmission mode corresponds to single-antenna port transmission orclosed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords;said third uplink transmission mode corresponds to single-antenna porttransmission or closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission withsingle layer; when said UE is a dual-antenna UE, downlink controlinformation provided for closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmissionwith up to two codewords to be conducted by said UE has a format; orwhen said UE is a multi-antenna UE other than dual-antenna UE, downlinkcontrol information provided for closed-loop spatial multiplexingtransmission with up to two codewords to be conducted by said UE has adownlink control information format.
 11. A first device of providing,for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplinktransmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the devicecomprising: a first unit for determining an uplink transmission schemefor said dual-antenna UE; a second unit for configuring, by signaling,the uplink transmission mode to which said uplink transmission schemebelongs; a third unit for generating downlink control informationcorresponding to said determined uplink transmission scheme, saiddownlink control information comprising a first indicating field, asecond indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a firsttransmission block and a new-data indicating field for a secondtransmission block; wherein, when transmission block disabling functionis adopted in said determined uplink transmission scheme, thedisablement of at least one of two transmission blocks is represented bya first combination formed by the values of said first indicating fieldand said second indicating field; and the disabled transmission block ofsaid two transmission blocks is represented by a combination formed bysaid new-data indicating field for said first transmission block andsaid new-data indicating field for said second transmission block; atransmitting device for transmitting said generated downlink controlinformation to said dual-antenna UE.
 12. The first device according toclaim 11, wherein, said downlink control information further comprisesrespective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said twotransmission blocks; when a transmission block is disabled in thedetermined uplink transmission scheme, at least part of the redundantversion of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block isutilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information ofchannel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission blockwithout being disabled, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicatingfield; or, when one-codeword retransmission is used in said determineduplink transmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of onetransmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time,is represented by a second combination formed by the values of saidfirst indicating field and said second indicating field, and thetransmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conductedthereon, of said two transmission blocks is represented by thecombination formed by said new-data indicating field for said firsttransmission block and said new-data indicating field for said secondtransmission block.
 13. The first device according to claim 12, wherein,said downlink control information further comprises respective redundantversions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, atleast part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of theother transmission block, other than said transmission block with saidone-codeword retransmission conducted, of said two transmission blocksis utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information ofchannel coding codeword which is mapped by said transmission block withsaid one-codeword retransmission conduct, so as to replace a precodingmatrix indicating field.
 14. A device of providing, for a quadri-antennaUE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in amanagement device of LTE-A network, the device comprising: a first unitfor determining an uplink transmission scheme for said quadri-antennaUE; a second unit for configuring, by signaling, the uplink transmissionmode to which said uplink transmission scheme belongs; a third unit forgenerating downlink control information corresponding to said determineduplink transmission scheme, said downlink control information comprisinga precoding matrix indicating field, and further comprising a new-dataindicating field for a first transmission block and a new-dataindicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, whentransmission block disabling function is adopted in said determineduplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one of twotransmission blocks is represented by a first value of said precodingmatrix indicating field; and the disabled transmission block of said twotransmission blocks is represented by a combination of said new-dataindicating field for said first transmission block and said new-dataindicating field for said second transmission block; said downlinkcontrol information further comprises respective redundant versionfields of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks,wherein, the TB-codeword mapping indicating field and the redundantversion field of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmissionblock collaboratively represent the pre-coding matrix of channel codingcodeword which is mapped by the transmission block without beingdisabled; a transmitting device for transmitting said generated downlinkcontrol information to said multi-antenna UE.
 15. The device accordingto claim 14, wherein, when one-codeword retransmission is used in saiddetermined uplink transmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission,of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmittedlast time, is represented by a second value of said precoding matrixindicating field; and the transmission block, with said one-codewordretransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blockstransmitted last time is represented by the combination formed by saidnew-data indicating field for said first transmission block and saidnew-data indicating field for said second transmission block; wherein,the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of saidtransmission block, without said one-codeword retransmission conducted,represents the pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which ismapped by the transmission block with said one-codeword retransmissionconducted.
 16. A method for use by a user equipment (UE) adapted toreceive downlink control information, comprising: receiving downlinkcontrol information; and disabling a transmission block function inresponse to the received downlink control information; wherein thedownlink control information comprises a first indicating field, asecond indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a firsttransmission block and a new-data indicating field for a secondtransmission block; wherein, when a transmission block disablingfunction is adopted in a determined uplink transmission scheme, a firstcombination formed by the values of said first indicating field and saidsecond indicating field is used to represent disablement of at least oneof two transmission blocks; and a combination formed by said new-dataindicating field for said first transmission block and said new-dataindicating field for said second transmission block is used to representthe disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks.
 17. Themethod according to claim 16, wherein the configuration information isreceived from a base station.
 18. The method according to claim 16,wherein: when one-codeword retransmission is used in the determineduplink transmission scheme, a second combination formed by the values ofsaid first indicating field and said second indicating field is used torepresent the one-codeword retransmission of one transmission block ofthe two transmission blocks transmitted last time, and the combinationformed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmissionblock and said new-data indicating field for said second transmissionblock is used to represent the transmission block, with saidone-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmissionblocks; and wherein the retransmission is performed by the UE.
 19. Themethod according to claim 18, wherein: said downlink control informationfurther comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-codingmodes of said two transmission blocks, at least part of the redundantversion of modulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, otherthan said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmissionconducted, of said two transmission blocks is utilized to representpre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codewordwhich is mapped by said transmission block with said one-codewordretransmission conducted, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicatingfield.